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Discrepancy between severity obtained from examination and classification conducted by experienced examiners and classifiers and documented severity in paediatric spinal cord injury

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Pages 406-410 | Received 08 Jun 2009, Accepted 12 Jul 2009, Published online: 05 Mar 2010

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